Question on gear that affects battle drops

[Assburgers]

1) If I equip a standby party member with moneydrop increasing items (nouveau riche crown, lucky money charm) or item drop rate increasing items (happy lei, fairy lei), do I get the full effect, partial effect, or none?

2) Can I get multiple copies of these items on a single playthough (including premium mode) or I can only get more on NG+? Can you get them again in NG+?

3) Do the effects stack?

[r0ttingplague]

1. i dont think it will take effect if the party equipped with the gear is on standby. I might be wrong because in LAD i equip hariti amulet on one of my standby party and it took effect
2. copies of items depends on which boss drop them. If you get the crown from mob boss around town theres a chance they drop them again, maybe theyre available in gear shops or npc rescue mission. Items like the bracelet of the four gods dropped only during story mode battle so can only be obtained again through NG+.
3. they stack

[BeefoTheBold]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Assburgers:

1) If I equip a standby party member with moneydrop increasing items (nouveau riche crown, lucky money charm) or item drop rate increasing items (happy lei, fairy lei), do I get the full effect, partial effect, or none?

2) Can I get multiple copies of these items on a single playthough (including premium mode) or I can only get more on NG+? Can you get them again in NG+?

3) Do the effects stack?

1. Yes, I can confirm that they do work when equipped on a standby party member.

I've equipped money boosting equipment on standby party members and the multiplier goes up in the post-battle summary screen. I cannot confirm whether this works for item drop boosting items since there's no way of knowing what would have dropped or not, but I would assume that if it works for money it works for items.

This is also very useful for leveling up late joining party members. Equip the Pirate Boots and both of the two different types of Yakuza Training items for example.

2. I don't think so, but I could be wrong. Things like the crown I think only drop once per playthrough to my knowledge. If you defeat the same street boss once they respawn I don't think that it drops a second time.

3. Yes, they do. You can see this by equipping both and seeing what the money multiplier is after the battle. (1.2 vs. 1.5 etc.) You can also see this working with the XP boosting items.

There is also a Nexus Mod that gives your standby party members full XP. Given how late some party members join, I don't even consider this a cheat. Like one member joins in Chapter 13. What even is the point of a party member that joins that late without mods to help them catch up?